Dragas on Board: The Rector who wouldn't go
Fear, distrust, sadness, anger. Welcome back to the University of Virginia.If you spent the summer on a desert island with no internet, you are in for a surprise. This isn't the same UVA you left at the end of last semester, and the storm didn't stop raging with the June 26 reinstatement of President Teresa Sullivan.
August 23rd, 2012 issue #1134
News
Bargain busyness: Club keeps kids occupied after school
The Boys and Girls club might be the biggest sleeper childcare bargain in Charlottesville. How affordable? For an annual membership fee of $35, a child is eligible for up t...
Big om: Dalai Lama visit a hot ticket
It's official: the Dalai Lama is a rock star. According to Paramount Theater box office manager Matthew Simon, tickets to see Tenzin Gyatso, the 76-year old Nobel Pri...
iBoink? Teacher tablet troubles trump student woes
If program glitches, limited wireless access, and delayed roll-out were the biggest problems emerging from the tablet computers Charlottesville City Schools issued to stude...
Lawn work: Freshened fireplaces improve home on the Range
Bright blue tarps, scaffolds, and the sounds of heavy machinery meet the eyes and ears of passersby ambling down the sidewalk running parallel to the Range rooms at the Uni...
Learning curve: Tablets in city schools get mixed reviews
In April, a headline in the daily paper, "Tablets in Charlottesville schools prove successful," drew snickers from some teachers, parents, and students familiar with the b...
According to the yellow sticker pasted to the driver's window of this Mercedes sport utility vehicle parked Related: Aug 2010: Boot'vil: UVA clamps down on scofflaw parker...
Scranton's finest comes to Court Square
Our eyes bugged out last Thursday while strolling through Court Square when we spied this empty box of Dunder Mifflin paper in a Charlottesville recycling bin. It turns out...
Victory's framework? Indoor gridiron alters views and maybe football too
Drivers and pedestrians from Emmet Street to University Circle are getting a new view, as the steel framework of UVA's newest building, a planned indoor football facility, ...
Wahoo towers: Biggest-ever student-plex rises behind Barracks
An Atlanta-based company has launched a quest to erect the biggest student apartment complex Charlottesville has ever seen, and it's happening near Barracks Road where Peak...
Final day: UVA BOV sorta live coverage here
The third and final day of the University of Virginia's retreat for its Board of Visitors began shortly after 8:30am in Richmond on Thursday, August 16. Prior days • Sor...
Sorta live coverage of the UVA BOV retreat in Richmond
This is a blog-style story about the UVA BOV meeting in Richmond. We'll update as things happen: 1:28pm - Hook editor asks a certain board member to confirm that he's gonna...
Sullivan: 'It seemed fine to me'
The tone was cordial, and the information flowed, the president said, "like drinking water from a firehose" on Tuesday, August 14 as University of Virginia President Teresa...
The Dish
Chang-dango: Top chef gets Bon Appétit nod, new locations
It seems like only yesterday when we met with Peter Chang at a local Starbucks, adrift as he was with no restaurant, and talked with him about his plans to open a restauran...
On a cliff: Bold Rock plans to build big
So we're getting ready to drive to Richmond for the UVA Board of Visitors meeting Wednesday morning when we get a call from John Washburn, the bossman out at Bold Rock Cide...
Tempo treat: Lemongrass Scallops Lafayette
Surprised more restaurants haven't done something like this? A great idea, and a great way to get some attention by presenting a James Beard-inspired dish.
Essays
President Sullivan: Still getting bullied by Dragas
By J. Anderson Thomson University of Virginia president Teresa Sullivan has broken her silence on the controversy that consumed most of June and which continues to pervade ...
Real Estate - On the Block
Move-in ready: Near north house mixes past and present
Facetime
Girl of summer: Caroline Lund a slugger to watch
When his daughter was a little girl, Eric Lund says she'd sit and watch Yankees games with him on TV, asking questions about all the game's nuances. Later, when most girls ...
Letters
Jaquith points in the right mirror
Janis Jaquith is right that it’s the consumer, not the energy companies, to blame for the problems caused by energy consumption. [August 9 essay: “Post-derecho: I reali..
